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PIAZZA, VINCENZO, Conte. Bona Espugnata, Poema. Engraved additional title and portrait of the author by Arnold van Westerhout, and 12 engraved

PIAZZA, VINCENZO, Conte. Bona Espugnata, Poema. Engraved additional title and portrait of the author by Arnold van Westerhout, and 12 engraved plates by Westerhout and Nicolas Dorigny after Mauro Oddi, most with later crude hand coloring. xvi, 303 pages. 8vo, old vellum with morocco lettering piece, spine partly reinforced with cellotape, corner of front cover warped. Harvard College Library stamp on letterpress title verso (duplicate). Parma: Stampa di Corte di S.A.S., 1694

  • Notes: first edition of a poem about an expedition by Knights of St. Stephen to rescue members of their order held captive in Bône (now Annaba), Algeria. Piantanida 2834.

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